It seems very likly that he is going to play RF everyday in a very good lineup. I have seen several lineup projections that have him batting clean up for the Rangers. Does anyone think he will have a break out season this year (Quentin like). He has been tearing the cover off the ball since they called him up and through the winter leagues. He has hit for power, average, and even steals a few bases. Any chance that he may be a top 20 outfeilder next season? ESPN has him ranked way down the outfeild projection chart, but I have seen him listed much higher on many charts.

I would still like to know what has changed between '07 and '08. In '07 he raked in AAA (only 44 games though) putting up identical rate stats to his '08 AAA line. And he failed miserably with the Rangers in 96 games. Is there some magic prospect transformation that occurs between your age 27 and age 28 season and his 4th exposure to AAA? Are 31 MLB G's that important when you make predictions?

I think it's fine to take a chance on him in the 15th-20th rds since he does have some upside and you can drop him and grab someone else off the WW. But I see some predictions that are extremely optimistic.

He had 44HRs in under 500 ABs last season between AAA and the majors...and a great sign is his K/BB rate really improved from his 2007 trip to the majors and his 2008 trip. He had an unsustainable BABIP in 2008, but I don't think people are counting on him to hit .340 anyway. I have reasonably high expectations for him this season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he had a monster year...the power is definitely there and if he keeps his K/BB ratio around 1.5-1.8 I think he'll be pretty huge.